NUTRITION

CHRC – Nutritional Supplements: What's Hype and What's Hope?

In this lecture, Dr. Ricki Pollycove speaks about the evolution of medicine in human society and transitions into our lecture’s topic of nutritional supplements. Dr. Pollycove’s holistic perspective as a medical provider brings appreciation to the human body and its natural functions of maintaining and healing itself. She addresses specific supplements commonly marketed to improve our health or enhance our performance and debunks some highly popular claims.

Ricki Pollycove, MD is a provider of women’s health. She has been providing care for over 30 years and sharing invaluable health information with the community for just as long. She was a founding mother of Community Health Resource Center and was also the founding Director of Education for CPMC’s Breast Health Education.